Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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